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Cabo Blanco to the Gulf of Papagayo Flamingo Beach, with a full service marina, is the major sportfishing center in the northern coastal area, but boats also charter out of earby Coco's beach, Tamarindo, Ocotal, Potrero, Brasilito and a few points in between.

A bit further south, there are boats operating below Cabo Blanco, out of Nozara, Garza, Sámara and Carrillo beach, a region that gets more protection from the winds that normally blow late December into March and April. Some boats from the more northerly areas often base at Carrillo beach from about December through March if the wind is lowing and the main billfish population is moving north from the central coast area.

Seasons


Marlin	At this beach you will ride a wave known as Ollies Point: it is a fast and perfect wave that breaks to the right over a rocky sea bottom. When waves are coming in from the south, this wave ranges from 2 to 7 feet high. Access to the beach is only possible by boat from Playa del Coco or Guajiniquil. If you wish to camp on the beach, you must bring a complete camping set, including food and water. There are few surfers on this beach.
SailFish	Caught throughout the year; with May through August normally the top season. They may begin to thin out in September and from late August Through November.
Tuna	Peak months are probably August through October; but when all these fails, there are always tuna, anytime of the year you want to look for them, and more oNen than not when you'd just as soon avoid them to concentrate on billfish. The yellowfin and some bigeye tuna are often found well inside the Snata Catalina Islands, 30 minutes or less running time from the beach, while schools of 12 to 20 pounders are usually abundant on the outside. You frequently find concentrations of 40 to 60 pound tuna, and there are plenty of the 200 to 400 pounder caught every year.
Dorado	More properly known as dolphin, these colorful gamester are most abundant from late May through October when the seasonal rains flood the rivers, carryind out ebris that forms trash lines close inshore that they like to lie under. Troll past a floating long and you'll like hook a dordo.
Wahoo	The first showing begins about the time the rains start in May, peaking in July an August. Most are caught around the rocky points and islands, but you will pick one up occasionally fishing offshore.
Roosterfish	Available all year, but are more caught in the Papagayo Bay area from November through March. That may be because more boats in the northern most area of this region are fishing inshoreduring those windy months. and the roosters like the structure of the shoreline and islands where they're found 50 to 60 feet of water.